Viktor Brack

Viktor Brack (9 November 1904-2 June 1948) was an SS Oberfuhrer who was one of the masterminds of Action T4 and the ensuing use of poison gas chambers during the Holocaust.

Biography
Viktor Brack was born on 9 November 1904 in Haaren, Rhine Province, German Empire. He joined the Nazi Party at the age of 25 and was an SS Oberfuhrer (Colonel) by 1939, when World War II broke out. Alongside Karl Brandt and other Nazi scientists, Brack worked on developing a euthanasia project called Action T4, which would develop into the use of poison gas to kill Jews during the Holocaust. He was tried for crimes against humanity in the Doctors' Trial after the war, and he was hanged in Landsberg Prison on 2 June 1948.